Church has sacred duty to protect young

Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan in the "Herald of Hope" column in our Catholic Herald

All of society now seems much more aware of the scourge of the sexual abuse of children and youth, with the church an integral part of this. It is almost as if our culture has rediscovered its sacred duty to protect our young people.

And, as we should be, the church is a leader in this initiative. Unfortunately, in the past, we were an example of what not to do;

It's almost as if the bishops have a committee working on taking what we once were told were anti-Catholic slanders and turning them into reality.

P.S. That would be a surprisingly effective bishops' committee.